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Illinois' fight over eliminating cash bail intensifies

2 years 11 months ago
Federal legislation intended to make it harder to overturn presidential elections moves closer to becoming law. Opponents of the SAFE-T Act in Illinois fight to prevent some aspects of the law from taking effect in the new year.
Linda Cook

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

2 years 11 months ago
This week, our first place winner is an anonymous comment about Texas’s content moderation law, responding to the claim on Twitter that Wikipedia could easily comply with it by being more open and transparent: Tell me you don’t understand how Wikipedia works without telling me you don’t understand how Wikipedia works. I mean, Wikipedia is […]
Leigh Beadon

The Supreme Court is now the third branch of the Republican Party

2 years 11 months ago
The New York Times reveals why the Supreme Court has become so distrusted of late: The actual cause of its historic unpopularity is no secret. Over the past several years, the court has been transformed into a judicial arm of the Republican Party. Yep. The modern Republican Party consists of three branches: the Supreme Court, ...continue reading "The Supreme Court is now the third branch of the Republican Party"
Kevin Drum